Oh, god! I don't understand why my Yankees would pursue Armando Benitez! I think my chances of suffering a heart attack have just gone up exponentially.

I hope he blows as many games for the Yankees as he did for the Mets.

Well, that changed rather quickly. Frankly, I can't understand why Seattle agreed to take Benitez.

And alas, the Red Sox don't seem to have enough gas in the tank to win the AL East. They're 7-1/2 games back in the division. AND, they're 2 games back in the Wild Card. They really need to turn it on if they're going to catch Oakland.

But, my Yanks appear to be on the verge of winning yet another AL East title. I just hope the starting pitching can hold up, and Boone breaks out of his slump.

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I am all jazzed that my Cubbies are actually in the hunt for a playoff spot. It's the first sign of the Apocolypse but hey it's great! Yep actually a half game in first place today 9/8. I hope they can pull it out.

A dismal year for my defending Champion Angels... Being decimated by some big injuries to their key guys was just too much to overcome for the gang. Oh well! At least the (ralley) monkey is off our backs and we've finally got one championship in the bag. Hopefully they'll rebound and give it a better go next season!

As for my underachieving all pitch, no hit Dodgers... Well, they've been playing some pretty boring and uninspired ball all year, but are somehow still barely in the hunt for the wild card. I'm not getting my hopes up though. I just feel very little attachment to this particular group of players for some reason. Like I said - must be the uninspiring play. I'll be keeping a more watchful eye on them over the next few weeks as the season winds down though. Who knows, maybe they'll surprise me...

It is fun to see so many teams competing for that Wild Card spot though. Definitely keeps the interest level and fandom at a higher level for many more people, much deeper into the season than the old days, which is a good thing. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the perennial underdogs (like the Cubs) making some noise this postseason though. Aside from last years Angels, I'm pretty damned tired of the same ol' teams in the postseason year in, year out!

Aren't the Dodgers barely above the .500 mark? If so, that doesn't speak too well for the National League Wild Card race.

There are quite a few teams right around .500 in the wild card race. In fact the Cubs and Astros are just 10 games above .500 but currently tied for 1st place in the central division. These 2 teams actually have a better chance of winning the division than the Wild Card. The Giants and Braves are the only 2 teams in the NL that have vastly superior records.

Gigantic game tonight at the Homerdome as the Twins could put some serious hurt on the reeling White Sox by sweeping them and reducing their magic number to 7. They had to win two which they have but to sweep them might be all she wrote with 9 games left and 7 of them against Detroit.